ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 15th of June WELCOME! SAINT GERMAINE COUSIN, VIRGIN In 1579 in Pibrac, a village not far from Toulouse, a girl called Germaine was born to poor farming parents. While she was still in her cradle, she lost her mother. Poor little one! She was also physically sick. Her father decided to marry again, but made a bad choice. As soon as his new wife began to have children of her own, she forced her step-daughter to leave the house. O, WITH WHAT FERVOUR DID SHE PRAY! Germaine managed to make enough to eat by spinning and weaving, and would often go, leaning on a stick, to watch the sheep in the countryside, O, with what effective grace and love did the Heart of Jesus work within the heart of that poor labourer! O, with what fervour did she pray and with what resignation did she accept suffering. SHE WOULD GO HAPPILY TO MASS Being out in the country made her able to think about all created things and their Creator. She would plant he...